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title: שָׁרֵת — ministry · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁרֵת (8335), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: ministry. BDB 1906: n.m. ministry. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁרֵת

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«שָׁרֵת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ministry** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 8335 · **BDB:** שָׁרֵת

### Glosses

of.service (1); service (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ministry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8335/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. ministry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8335/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. religious ministry;—כְּלֵי הַשּׁ׳ vessels of m. in tabern. Nu 4:12, temple 2 Ch 24:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁרֵת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8335/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.4.12/)

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וְלָקְחוּ֩ אֶת־כָּל־כְּלֵ֨י הַשָּׁרֵ֜ת אֲשֶׁ֧ר יְשָֽׁרְתוּ־בָ֣ם בַּקֹּ֗דֶשׁ וְנָֽתְנוּ֙ אֶל־בֶּ֣גֶד תְּכֵ֔לֶת וְכִסּ֣וּ אוֹתָ֔ם בְּמִכְסֵ֖ה ע֣וֹר תָּ֑חַשׁ וְנָתְנ֖וּ עַל־הַמּֽוֹט׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.take (et) all the.articles of.(the) service which they.will.serve by them in the.holy place and they.will.put.\[them\] into a.covering of.violet.stuff and they.will.cover them with a.covering of.skin of.dolphin and they.will.put.\[them\] on the.carrying frame

*JPS 1917:* And they shall take all the vessels of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on a bar.

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[2 Chronicles 24:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.24.14/)

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וּֽכְכַלּוֹתָ֡ם הֵבִ֣יאוּ לִפְנֵי֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ וִֽיהוֹיָדָ֜ע אֶת־שְׁאָ֣ר הַכֶּ֗סֶף וַיַּעֲשֵׂ֨הוּ כֵלִ֤ים לְבֵית־יְהוָה֙ כְּלֵ֣י שָׁרֵ֔ת וְהַעֲל֣וֹת וְכַפּ֔וֹת וּכְלֵ֥י זָהָ֖ב וָכָ֑סֶף וַ֠יִּֽהְיוּ מַעֲלִ֨ים עֹל֤וֹת בְּבֵית־יְהוָה֙ תָּמִ֔יד כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י יְהוֹיָדָֽע׃פ

*Word for word:* and just as they.had.finished they.brought before the king and Jehoiada (et) the.remainder of the.money and someone made.it articles for the.house of.Yahweh articles of.service and offering.up and pans and articles of.gold and silver and they.were offering.up burnt.offerings in the.house of.Yahweh continually all the.days of.Jehoiada

*JPS 1917:* And when they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels wherewith to minister, and buckets, and pans, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt-offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.

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